Sustainable Building Contract Language

State Government

California

A checklist to the State of California Architecture and Engineering (A&E) Contract:

Standard Agreement: Exhibit C--Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Building Measures

Local Government

Alameda County

Sample language of a performance incentive used by the Construction Program of the County of Alameda, GSA:

PERFORMANCE CONTRACT

The Contractor is required to comply with the Performance Contract, Alameda County Office Building, dated May 15, 1998, which is an Attachment to the Contract Documents with respect to the energy performance incentive program for the Project.
ADDITIONAL RETENTION FOR CONTRACTOR’S OBLIGATION UNDER PERFORMANCE CONTRACT
Until the completion of the energy performance analysis at the end of the second year of occupation of the Recorder’s Building and implementation of the incentive provisions in the Performance Contract, the County shall have the right to withhold from the final payment an amount up to the Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) to secure the obligation of the Contractor to pay the County under provisions in the Performance Contract. In the holding of such funds, the County shall have all the rights, remedies, and obligations that apply to the contract retention held by the County.

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Last updated: October 12, 2007